Spray Paint Magic

On this Monday morning, I feel the need to impart great wisdom.

Never spray paint while wearing new glasses.

That was my great nugget of wisdom.

I know, I’m deep on Mondays, but this is good advice. I generally reserve my old pair of glasses for spray painting, because without them, I risk leaving unpainted splotches or worse, hitting my neighbors new blue truck with a burst of Regal Red.

Unless I want enemies, I need to wear my glasses, but the other day, I was so excited to begin spraying that I forgot to grab my old glasses. The result – brown glasses speckled in gold and jade. Not a bad combination really, just unexpected.

So here are my before and after’s…

First there is my ugly brass lamp that I rescued from the trash.

Before - Ugly Brass Lamp

After a couple of coats of Krylon spray paint in Jade…

After Jade Spray Paint

I also took that little wooden chair out of my daughter’s room and sprayed it red. The photo collage is actually two frames from Wal-Mart put together. I love the lamp and I don’t regret painting it one little bit. FringeMan’s exact words were “I’ve never seen a lamp in that color.”

He needs time for my ideas to grow on him, but he always comes around.

I also painted a large ‘G’ in Jade.

Here is this space in my living room before…

Before

and after…

There’s more. Are sick of me showing you all these little details yet?

I thought so.

Unfortunately for you, I am going to continue. It’s because I love you.

Here’s the before on my Tweety-Bird cage. (also a trash treasure)

Grab your sunglasses, because here’s the after!

It needs more paint, but I ran out. I think metal is much more difficult to paint than wood. Anyway, I left the bird-cage in the living room. No good design reason for that move. I just like it there!

As I was reading your post I was thinking ooooh I want to tell her how much I am liking those pops of turquoise and I get the whole thing about our guys taking a bit longer to get used to or like something. Then I scrolled down and saw the yellow bird cage. Swooning still. I have a bird cage….. and I have spray paint. Are you thinking what I’m thinking?
Thanks too for stopping by and praising my crazy yellow door. I still need affirmation. 🙂
Pam

Do I get the urge to paint?? I think we all know the answer to that one….LOL! Love the lamp and the G in the jade color and of course I love the yellow birdcage. Isn’t that a great color!! Keep going girl. It’s a very inexpensive way to add pizzaz!!

Still love all your pops of color. Is it weird that I think that tweety bird cage would make a seriously sweeeeeet lamp? (the extra e’s are for effect) I can just picture it 🙂 and, love all the details.